Horse collar and hame



G. SCHREINER HORSE COLLAR AND HAME I Nov. 10,1925. V I 1561365 Filed May 14, 1925 gravante/r,

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Patented Nov. itl, 12225,

'UNITED STS.

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GEORGE SCHBEINER, F yNEVJ' ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

Hosen cotizan AND HAME. i

Application filed May 14, 1925. Serial N'ol. 30,349.`

To all whom t may camera: n

Be it known that l, GEORGE SGHREINER, a citizen of the United States,4 residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana., have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Collars and Haines; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The oresent invention relates to improvements 1n horse collars and hames combinedand hasfor an ob-ject'torprovide an improved horse 'collar and Vmeans thereon for receiving'the hames whereby to form a com@ posite structure. n

The invention also provides for ease in placing and removing the-collar and in securing the' harness while obviating chaling of the neck of the animal.v

lVith the foregoing and other objects inv view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter,l and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. u V

ln the drawings7 wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the im proved device.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation,

Figure 3 is a section taken through one of the collar members, and

Figure 4 is a cross section takenon the line 4-4 in Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the collar is made up of the two members 3 and 4 preferably of flat pieces of wood covered on one side by the leather 5 shown in Figure 3, which is stuffed or padded as indicated at 6. The leather is re* ceived against the animals neck while the opposite wooden faces are adapted to receive the hame members 7 and 8 mounted 'in the staples or eyelets 9 and 10 secured conveniently to the wooden collar 3 and 4. The collar members and the lia-mes are separated at their lower ends and both collar and lia-mes are secured together by the hook 11 which is swivelly connected with the eyelet 12 at the bottom of the hame rod or member 7 and removably engages with the eyelet' 13 at the bottom of the companion hame'lrod or member,` 8.

At the base of the neckV opening of the collar are the half moonsliaped cut away portions 14 and 15 fitting about the throat ofthe animal to avoid chafmg and soreness'.

The wooden collar members and 4 are re duced at their upper ends and pointed as in dicated at and 26. .These wooden members terminate short of the upper portion of the collar and the upper pointed `ends ofthe wooden members are secured together by the leather strip 27 made as. indicated in Figure 4 and having the overlapped side portions 28 and 29 meeting centrally as `indicated at 80. The construction therefore forms a tubular arrangemenuthe overlapped side portions 28 and 29 being in contact at the uppermost portion of the collar but the tubular leather.

being opened out 'and enveloping-the pointed ends 25 and 26 of the upper wooden members of the collar. Y

The leather is attached by means of lnails or other appropriate fastenings in the manner indicated. The upper faces of this tubu- `lar leather neck portion .are reinforced and concealed by theleathertop strip 31 shown in Figure 4 'which Vis stitched kor otherwise secured 'to the-tubular leather:` This top strip 81 terminates short of the front edge of the tubular leather and a yoke piece 16 of leather or other appropriate material is fitted within the upper portion of the collar and beneath the tubular leather neck portion 27. The yoke 16 is wide enough to permit its ends to overlap the sides of the tubular neck piece 27 and one edge of said yoke piece is stitched to the strip 31. The other edge 32 terminates short of the adjacent edge of the strip 81 to provide the channel 33 in which the upper ends of the hame rods 7 and 8 lie. The arrangement holds the rod in place.

The hame hooks are indicated at 17 and 1S and they are situated between the staples 19 and 20 acting also to hold the hame rods or members in place on the wooden parts of the collar. The hame hooks are preferablyY made of wrought iron with one end rolled about the hame rod as indicated at 21 in Figure 3, while the outer ends of the hame hooks are overturned upon the main body portions of the hooks whereby to provide bills 22. The upper ends of the hame rods are provided with intermeshing eyes 23 and 24 made by looping the ends of the members through one another.

The hinge joint is accordingly formed which reinforces the flexible leather meme (itl bers, 27, 3l and 16. On releasing the hook l1 at the bottom of the members both the hame and the collar may be simultaneously expanded or opened out in the act of placing or removing the collar.

The invention provides a durable, strong yet simple arrangement of the collar and haines and one which permits of ready mounting and removal.

It is obvious that various changes and modications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims.

Vhat is claimed isl. A combined horse collar and haines comprising padded andleather faced collar members open at the lower ends thereof and terminating short of the upper end of the collar, a flexible leather member for securing the upper ends of the collar members together, a flexible yoke piece secured to said last mentioned member and forming a shoulder at one side thereof, haine members secured to the collar members and fiexibly joined `together at their upper ends, the upper portions of said hame members being confined by the shoulder of said yoke member, and means at the lower ends of said hame members for releasably holding said hame and collar members together.

2. A combined horse collar and hames comprising collar members adapted to open at their lower ends and having their upper ends terminatingr short of the top part of the collar, a tubular fiexible piece engaged about the upper ends of said collar members for flexibly joining' the same together. a flexible strip secured over said piece and terminating short at one side thereof, a fiexible yoke piece secured Vto said first mentioned piece and having' one edge extending up over the side of the piece and forming' a trough with said strip. hame rods secured to said collar membersand having their upper ends lying' in said trough, the upper ends of said members being hinged together, and means for releasablv connecting the lower ends of said hame members.

3. A combined horse collar and haines comprising collar members pointed at their upper ends and having` their lower ends separable, a tubular fiexible piece enveloping` the pointed ends of said members and secured thereto, a flexible strip secured to the upper side of said piece and terminatimg` short of one edge thereof, a fiexible yoke surrounding said piece having' its edges lapped up over the sides of said piece and terminatingr short of one edge of said strip to form a trough therebetween, hame rods fiexibly joined at their upper ends disposed in said trough, means to hold said haine rods to the collar members, and a hook for releasably holding the lower ends of the hame rods and collar members together.

GEORGE SCHREINER. 

